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Old 18-03-2007, 08:24 AM in reply to vvvrulz's post starting "Hah well said Nostromo. India are in..."
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Originally Posted by vvvrulz
My real problem is with Virender Sehwag. This is just getting ridiculous. Why do they persevere with a guy who offers nothing but a free wicket. He seems to be inventing new and more outrageous ways to dismiss himself !
Agreed. Sehwag must be dropped against Bermuda to give Pathan (and not Karthik, IMO) a chance to get his eye and arm in. It should be Ganguly, Uthappa, Dravid, Tendulkar, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Pathan, Agarkar, Harbhajan, Zaheer and Patel. Pathan cannot be worse than Sehwag on current form with his batting and the former's inclusion adds strength to the bowling attack. As I said before, India really have to get some momentum going with both bat & ball against Bermuda. Otherwise, even beating Sri Lanka might not be enough to get through to the next round. Furthermore, India cannot depend upon the Ten-Wag combo as the fifth bowling option against a strong fellow-subcontinental team like Sri Lanka; they would be taken to the cleaners and beyond.

I still feel Dhoni should come in at No:5 ahead of Yuvraj. Even yesterday against Bangladesh he arrived when India were under pressure to get on with it. This had happened a bit too often to Dhoni - where he is expected to smash his way out of trouble after his predessesors have got the team into it. I say that give him a chance to settle in and then do the hitting. Note how Mark Boucher seems much batter a player at No:5 than at No:7 for South Africa.

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